Migrants bear the brunt of the ongoing militarisation of the European borders. While Fortress Europe heightens its walls\, refugees drown in the Mediterranean\, get stuck in dire circumstances or end up in detention and being deported. The military and security industry reaps the benefits of the racist border policies of the EU.

The impressionistic documentary The Last Pig by Allison Argo follows Bob Comis in his last year as ethical pig farmer. The film is a meditative portrait of a man and his pigs\, in which compassion\, equality and the value of life play a central role. The film brings a realisation of what it means to be a sentient being with the power of life and death over other living creatures.

This friday\, april 20th at 8pm\, FvD organizes a party at buurthuis 't Anker.
We should prevent this\: a community centre should not offer a stage to this openly racist group\, even if such a group poses as a political party.
You can help by calling the community centre at 020-4946300 and tell them how worried you are that this buurthuis is offering a stage to this political party that advocates such aweful ideas. Having such an event worsens racism and social exclusion in the neighborhood and everywhere\, which is of course the exact opposite of what a community centre should do.

This talk has has two aims\: the first is to speak about histories and cultures of the anti-statist mutual aid movements of the 20th century.
I challenge the standard line according to which anarchism was transported from Europe to other continents.
Recent research reveals anarchism as a plural movement created by anarchists in many different countries.
Anarchist emphasis on the world as their home\, anti-statism\, cooperation and mutual aid\, brought together anarchists from Latin America\, Europe\,
North America\, Africa\, and Asia.